StoryCorps Coming

One of the greatest ideas to come down the pike in a long time is the StoryCorps project. I first heard about it a few years back when they opened a public sound booth in New York's Grand Central Station. The idea was simple--you pick someone of your aquaintance whose story interests you, take them into the booth and interview them. The resulting recording goes home with you, a copy is archived with the Library of Congress, and some of the best are broadcast. Instant do-it-yourself oral history. The results can be surprising and fascinating, as listeners to StoryCorps features on NPR's Morning Edition have found.

A while back, the producers decided to take the project on the road, building sound booths into two Airstream trailers and hauling them around the country. In July, they will haul one up to the North Country. NCPR will host the project for the full month--for the first two weeks next to Canton's Village Green, and for the last two weeks at Watertown's Flower Memorial Library. Is there someone you know whose story is crying to get out? Reservations for interviews will open in mid-June for Canton, and in early July for Watertown. Get more information about the project and hear some of the best interviews on the StoryCorps website. Look for local project info to come on the NCPR website.